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The canonical operator quantisation formulation corresponding to the Klauder-Daubechies construction of the phase space path integral is considered. This formulation is explicitly applied and solved in the case of the harmonic oscillator,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-13 Jan Govaerts , Calvin Matondo Bwayi , Olivier Mattelaer

We make use of point transformations to introduce new canonical variables for systems defined on a finite interval and on the half-line so that new position variables should take all real values from $-\infty$ to $\infty$. The completeness…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-05 Seiji Sakoda

We develop a path integrals approach for analyzing stationary light propagation appropriate for photonic crystals. The hermitian form of the stationary Maxwell equations is transformed into a quantum mechanical problem of a spin 1 particle…

Optics · Physics 2009-04-01 Yair Dimant , Shimon Levit

The present letter gives a rigorous way from quantum to classical random walks by introducing an independent random fluctuation and then taking expectations based on a path integral approach.

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Norio Konno

Path integrals are a ubiquitous tool in theoretical physics. However, their use is sometimes hindered by the lack of control on various manipulations -- such as performing a change of the integration path -- one would like to carry out in…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-04-21 Thibaut Arnoulx de Pirey , Leticia F. Cugliandolo , Vivien Lecomte , Frédéric van Wijland

We consider Euclidean path integrals with higher derivative actions, including those that depend quadratically on acceleration, velocity and position. Such path integrals arise naturally in the study of stiff polymers, membranes with…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-01-23 David S. Dean , Bing Miao , Rudi Podgornik

Mathematical method of quantum phase space is very useful in physical applications like quantum optics and non-relativistic quantum mechanics. However, attempts to generalize it for the relativistic case lead to some difficulties. One of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 A. A. Semenov , B. I. Lev , C. V. Usenko

A recent proposal to connect the loop quantization with the spin foam model for cosmology via the path integral is hereby adapted to the case of mechanical systems within the framework of the so called polymer quantum mechanics. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-03-31 Hugo A. Morales-Técotl , Saeed Rastgoo , Juan C. Ruelas

The propagator of a spinless particle is calculated from the quantum mechanical path integral formalism in static curved spacetimes endowed with event-horizons. A toy model, the Gui spacetime, and the 2D and 4D Schwarzschild black holes are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-10-31 F. Vendrell

We prove that the Schr\"odinger equation for N number of particles in the time dependent electro-magnetic field generates a unique unitary propagator on the state space under the condition that the field is smooth and moderately but almost…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-12-03 Kenji Yajima

We obtain direct, finite, descriptions of a renormalized quantum mechanical system with no reference to ultraviolet cutoffs and running coupling constants, in both the Hamiltonian and path integral pictures. The path integral description…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 R. J. Henderson , S. G. Rajeev

Propagation of the Wigner function is studied on two levels of semiclassical propagation, one based on the van-Vleck propagator, the other on phase-space path integration. Leading quantum corrections to the classical Liouville propagator…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Thomas Dittrich , Luis Sandoval , Carlos Viviescas

We present an explicit path integral evaluation of the free Hamiltonian propagator on the (D-1)-dimensional pseudosphere, in the horicyclic coordinates, using the integral equation method. This method consists in deriving an integral…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hans J. Wospakrik

In this contribution I summarize the achievements of separation of variables in integrable quantum systems from the point of view of path integrals. This includes the free motion on homogeneous spaces, and motion subject to a potential…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Grosche

Coherent states can be used for diverse applications in quantum physics including the construction of coherent state path integrals. Most definitions make use of a lattice regularization; however, recent definitions employ a continuous-time…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 John R. Klauder

We present a classical integrable model of $SU(N)$ isospin defined on complex projective phase space in the external magnetic field and solve it exactly by constructing the action-angle variables for the system. We quantize the system using…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Phillial Oh

We discuss how a standard scattering theory a of multi-particle theory generalises to systems based on Hamiltonians that involve higher-order derivatives in their quantum mechanical formulation. As concrete examples, we consider Hamiltonian…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-22 Andreas Fring , Bethan Turner

Consistent dynamics which couples classical and quantum degrees of freedom exists. This dynamics is linear in the hybrid state, completely positive and trace preserving. Starting from completely positive classical-quantum master equations,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-02-24 Jonathan Oppenheim , Zachary Weller-Davies

We study some classical integrable systems naturally associated with multiplicative quiver varieties for the (extended) cyclic quiver with $m$ vertices. The phase space of our integrable systems is obtained by quasi-Hamiltonian reduction…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2018-04-06 Oleg Chalykh , Maxime Fairon

In this paper, the deformation of the Heisenberg algebra, consistent with both the generalized uncertainty principle and doubly special relativity, has been analyzed. It has been observed that, though this algebra can give rise to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-08-26 Souvik Pramanik , Mir Faizal , Mohamed Moussa , Ahmed Farag Ali